Thanks SP.

Dear @MrBongos61,

you could also add a favourite named "ACID Loops" by right klick on favourites in the explorer view. There you find all loops you downloaded from the store.

I also can't find the loops that came with Acid Pro 10.5. I downloaded everything. I don't have a MAGIX/Common folder. I do see MAGIX/Installation Manager folder. It has the instruments and loop sample application files. Am I supposed to install these? The manual has no details on this. Instructions would have been useful.

Check under your windows "Documents" folder. A folder is created your documents folder called "MAGIX Downloads".

Where are my loops? This is stupid beyond belief. The folder above does not exist. I did a search and cannot find loops that come with Acid, and cannot find loops I PURCHASED!!!

Sonic Foundry did a great job. Sony bought them and I figured it out. Magix is a damn mess. I can't find anything, I can't even find a user manual. This sucks.

Where are my loops?

@Mark-Cross

Hi

Do you have the following folder:

C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\Soundpools\Shop

this is where the Soundpools purchased in the Store should be located.

John EB
Forum Moderator

johnebaker

No, that path does not exist, even looking at hidden items.

I have viewed several posts, that path does not exist on my PC.

I did a search for a directory called "Soundpools" and I get something called

C:\Windows\Installer\{CC8ED94A-EA70-44A9-A703-061ACB463C9D}\Soundpools24_Trial_en-US.mst

Which is a reference to the Windows Registry at

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\A49DE8CC07AE9A447A3060A1BC64C3D9

with a date of 2017. I previously installed Acid from Sonic Foundry. I cannot find any loops.

If I do a search for a file/folder containing "Magix" I get all kinds of folders, including Music Maker and VITA and Independence Library. But those are separate apps and nothing can open in Acid.

C:\Users\markc\Documents\MAGIX Downloads\Installationsmanager has files, but most are executable files.

In C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MAGIX Services\MxSynth\Electric Bass\layers I get some folders that look like they should contain loops, but he files are *.ytil and cannot be opened.

In C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MAGIX Services\MxSynth\Electric Bass I have a file called Electric Bass.wav but only one file.

I have searched and not found what I am looking for.

 

Hi

Do you have the following folder:

C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\Soundpools\Shop

this is where the Soundpools purchased in the Store should be located.

John EB
Forum Moderator

Hey there @johnebaker

Related question about loops (and etc) if have multiple Magix products installed....

I've been away from Magix for a handful of years (Apple thing, mixed feelings, sold it.. now back to Windows 10).

I have reinstalled my Music Maker Premium 2022 (including many former versions which all auto loaded features and activated in association, bravo Magix Team), Sound Forge Audio Studio 15, ACID Music Studio 11, and ACID Pro 10 currently. My others, Samplitude Pro X and Samplitude Music Studio, are too outdated and I don't have the funds or desire to use/update them currently.

My question is can I setup to share the same loops folder (or other folders for that matter) for ACID Music Studio and ACID Pro?.... to your knowledge?

It seems ridiculous to have duplicate content between the two. I do realize I'm using two similar products at same time, but since one is current but limited, and the other is more robust but slightly outdated, its my desire to get most of both.

Additionally, will Music Maker scan and offer the same loops loaded for ACID, and vise versa ACID scan loops from Music Maker content loaded? It appears they do for instruments, etc.

PS, I use and external drive for media and content, so I have created location folder system for each product there (not the default boot drive locations as I have SSD and trying to minimize drive load.

Thanks in advance!

@GRB All Magix softwares share the same common folder for content and Soundpools. Usually, you can set it up during the installation of the first Magix software on your computer. After that, if want to change it, you need to uninstall everything first.

This folder is usually C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common

@GRB All Magix softwares share the same common folder for content and Soundpools. Usually, you can set it up during the installation of the first Magix software on your computer. After that, if want to change it, you need to uninstall everything first.

This folder is usually C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common

Omg, I hope you are not right in that is the only way to use the default settings. I don't want to use my ssd for such things, but maybe I don't have a choice as I noticed in at least 2 or 3 of the softwares, the loop location box in settings doesn't allow you to locate or enter a different address... weird. Why is it there if you cannot change the location of them?

Thanks for the reply btw.

The OMG to uninstalling is due to the super slow download times taken by Magix server when doing so. Its weird becuase the store seems to do ok/better (not fast by any means), but the installers and content downloads are creepy crawly slow. I remember that from years ago too..... Little sucky by todays streaming standards.

@GRB All installers are usually saved in C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\MAGIX Downloads\Installationsmanager

You can backup them up on your external hard drive or delete them now, but then you need to redownload them for another installation. As long as you have them, you don't need to redownload anything.

You can also move the Common folder to your external drive and then create a junction which will make the programs think that the folder is still on drive C, but in reality it's on your external drive.

How to do it:

Move (don't copy!) the Common folder to your external drive, for example E:\Magix\Common. The Common folder is now gone from C.

Then open the command prompt and enter

mklink /J "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Magix\Common" "E:\Magix\Common"

This will create the junction "Common" on C that points to E. The programs won't notice the difference.

@GRB All installers are usually saved in C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\MAGIX Downloads\Installationsmanager

You can backup them up on your external hard drive or delete them now, but then you need to redownload them for another installation. As long as you have them, you don't need to redownload anything.

You can also move the Common folder to your external drive and then create a junction which will make the programs think that the folder is still on drive C, but in reality it's on your external drive.

How to do it:

Move (don't copy!) the Common folder to your external drive, for example E:\Magix\Common. The Common folder is now gone from C.

Then open the command prompt and enter

mklink /J "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Magix\Common" "E:\Magix\Common"

This will create the junction "Common" on C that points to E. The programs won't notice the difference.

Thats a great "hack" I wasn't aware of! Thanks so much!

I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, but its nice to have info and options to fix my issues (drives).

You Rock SP!